Joško Gvardiol

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Joško Gvardiol
2021 Joško Gvardiol 2 (cropped).jpg
Gvardiol playing for RB Leipzig in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 19)
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, left-back
Club information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 32
Youth career
2009–2010 Trešnjevka
2010–2019 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Dinamo Zagreb II 4 (0)
2019–2020 Dinamo Zagreb 13 (1)
2020– RB Leipzig 18 (1)
2020–2021 → Dinamo Zagreb (loan) 23 (2)
National team‡
2016 Croatia U14 3 (1)
2018 Croatia U16 3 (0)
2018–2019 Croatia U17 8 (1)
2019 Croatia U19 5 (0)
2019–2021 Croatia U21 6 (1)
2021– Croatia 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:28, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:58, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Joško Gvardiol (Croatian pronunciation: [jôʃko ɡʋârdioːl];[1][2] born 23 January 2002) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Croatia national team.

Early career[]

Gvardiol started playing football at the age of seven when his father Tihomir, once an amateur player in his native Novigrad, took him to Trešnjevka. While there, he was spotted by Lokomotiva and Zagreb; however, at the last minute he received an offer from Dinamo Zagreb which his family accepted.[3]

Initially, he played as a left-back or a central midfielder until Dinamo academy coach Dalibor Poldrugač moved him to the centre-back position. Soon after, Gvardiol started drawing interest from prominent European clubs,[3] including Manchester City, Lille, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Bayern Munich, Ajax, Inter Milan and Roma.[4][5][6][7] He played a key part in Dinamo's 2018–19 UEFA Youth League campaign,[8] where they reached quarter-finals before losing 4–2 to Chelsea in a penalty shootout.[9] After being impressed by his performances for youth teams, senior Dinamo coach Nenad Bjelica called Gvardiol up to the senior team for pre-season games in Slovenia in summer 2019. On 2 July, he scored in a 2–0 friendly win over Austria Klagenfurt.[10] On 10 October 2019, he was included in The Guardian's Next Generation list.[11]

Club career[]

Dinamo Zagreb[]

2019–20 season[]

Gvardiol made his league debut for the senior Dinamo team on 18 October in a 4–2 victory over Gorica, coming on for Mario Gavranović in the 87th minute.[12] In his second league appearance for the club on 2 November, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Inter Zaprešić. That made him the sixth youngest league goalscorer for Dinamo, after Alen Halilović, Mateo Kovačić, Niko Kranjčar, Ante Ćorić and Tin Jedvaj.[13] On 12 February 2020, in a UEFA Youth League play-off against Dynamo Kyiv, Gvardiol successfully converted a penalty in a shootout as Dinamo won 4–3 and qualified for the round of 16.[14] In the round of 16 against Bayern Munich on 4 March, Gvardiol reflected Leon Dajaku's shot into his own net to set the score to 2–2. In the resulting shootout, he successfully converted his attempt again as Dinamo won 6–5 and progressed to the quarter-finals.[15] On 25 June, Gvardiol signed a five-year contract with Dinamo.[16] On 5 July, in the derby against Rijeka when the league title was already mathematically secured, Gvardiol reflected Franko Andrijašević's shot into his own net as Rijeka won 2–0, which would eventually cost coach Igor Jovićević his job.[17][18]

2020–21 season[]

On 26 August, in the Champions League qualifier against CFR Cluj, Gvardiol came on for Mario Gavranović in the 54th minute following Kévin Théophile-Catherine's red card. The game led to a penalty shootout, with Gvardiol successfully converting his attempt, as Dinamo won 6–5 and progressed to the third qualifying round.[19][20][21] In late August and early September, the media reported on the interest of the newly promoted Premier League side Leeds United, whose manager Marcelo Bielsa offered €22 million to sign the 18-year-old;[22][23][24] however, Gvardiol refused the offer and opted to stay in the Prva HNL and develop further.[25][26] On 16 September, in a Champions League qualifier against Ferencváros, Gvardiol made an error that led to Myrto Uzuni's winning goal for 2–1 as the Hungarian champions knocked Dinamo out to the Europa League play-offs.[27][28]

However, on 28 September, it was announced that Gvardiol signed for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig on a five-year contract for €16 million, plus various add-ons.[29] The fee was the highest ever paid for a Croatian teenager and the third highest ever paid for a Croatian defender, only behind Dejan Lovren and Duje Ćaleta-Car.[30] Gvardiol remained at Dinamo for the remainder of the season.[29] On 22 October, he debuted for Dinamo in a senior UEFA competition, as Dinamo drew 0–0 with Feyenoord in the Europa League.[31] On 16 November, Gvardiol tested positive for COVID-19, which forced him to miss the derby against Osijek, now coached by Bjelica, on 21 November.[32][33] On 10 December, Gvardiol scored his first goal in a senior UEFA competition, as Dinamo defeated CSKA Moscow 3–1 in the Europa League.[34] After completion of the Europa League group stage, Gvardiol's performances were highly praised, as Dinamo conceded only one goal and topped their group.[35] On 28 February 2021, he scored the opening goal and assisted the third one in a 3–0 victory over Slaven Belupo.[36] However, after a quadriceps injury in training in early March, he was forced to miss both legs of Dinamo's Europa League Round of 16 tie against Tottenham Hotspur, which Dinamo won 3–2 on aggregate.[37][38][39] He returned for the quarter-final match against Villarreal on 8 April, which ended as a 1–0 loss.[40][41] Three days later, he scored his third goal of the season in a 2–0 victory over Lokomotiva.[42] On 22 May, Gvardiol played his last game for Dinamo, 1–0 victory over Šibenik.[43][44]

RB Leipzig[]

Gvardiol made his Bundesliga debut on 20 August 2021 in a 4–0 victory over VfB Stuttgart, playing the entire match.[45] On 15 September, he made his Champions League debut in a 6–3 defeat to Manchester City.[46] On 11 December, he scored his debut goal for Leipzig in a 4–1 victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach.[47][48]

International career[]

Gvardiol earned his first call-up to Croatia national under-21 team in October 2019, at the age of 17, when coach Igor Bišćan listed him in the squad for Under-21 Euro 2021 qualifiers against Lithuania and the Czech Republic.[49] Gvardiol debuted on 14 November against the former opponent, being named in the starting lineup, as Croatia won 3–1.[50] On 8 October 2020, he scored the tenth goal in Croatia's 10–0 victory over San Marino, the largest victory in the history of the national team.[51] On 9 March 2021, he was named in Bišćan's 23-man squad for the group stage of the tournament; however, he was forced to miss it due to a quadriceps injury.[52][37][38] On 17 May, he was named in Bišćan's 23-man squad for the knockout stage of the tournament,[53] as well as Zlatko Dalić's 26-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2020.[54]

After losing 2–1 to Spain after extra time in the Under-21 Euro quarter-final,[55] Gvardiol joined the senior team.[56] He made his senior debut in a friendly 1–0 defeat to Belgium on 6 June, being substituted on for Borna Barišić at half-time.[57][58] A week later, he earned his first start for the national team, in a 1–0 defeat to England in Croatia's opening game of Euro 2020.[59][60] With 19 years, four months and 21 days, he became the youngest ever player to play for Croatia at a major tournament, surpassing Mateo Kovačić.[61][62] On 8 October 2021, he scored his debut goal for Croatia in a 3–0 World Cup qualifying victory over Cyprus.[63]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 15 January 2022[64]
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo Zagreb II 2019–20 Druga HNL 3 0 — — 3 0
2020–21 1 0 — — 1 0
Total 4 0 — — 4 0
Dinamo Zagreb 2019–20 Prva HNL 11 1 1 0 0 0 12 1
2020–21 25 2 2 0 13[b] 1 40 3
Total 36 3 3 0 13 1 52 4
RB Leipzig 2021–22 Bundesliga 18 1 1 0 6[c] 0 25 1
Career total 58 4 4 0 19 1 81 5
  1. ^ Includes Croatian Cup and DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ All appearances in UEFA Champions League

International[]

As of match played 14 November 2021[65]
National team Year Apps Goals
Croatia 2021 9 1
Total 9 1
Scores and results list Croatia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gvardiol goal.[65]
List of international goals scored by Joško Gvardiol
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 October 2021 AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus 6  Cyprus 2–0 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[]

Dinamo Zagreb

Individual

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